KR100737289B1 - System and method for searching aquatic plant according to example image - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a retrieval system and method of aquatic plants through an example image, (A) the information providing server computer 100 ecological information, morphological information, papers and literature, and example images corresponding to each species of aquatic plants Receiving information through an input unit and storing the information in an ecological information DB, a form information DB, a paper and a document information DB, and an example image information DB in a storage unit; (B) if there is a request signal for searching for a specific aquatic plant from the user's computer via the network, the information providing server computer displaying a representative image screen for selecting an example image through the output unit; (C) the information providing server computer receiving the selected example image from the user computer; (D) after the step (C), the information providing server computer determines whether aquatic plants corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer exist in the example image information DB stored in the storage unit; and (E) As a result of the determination of step (D), if the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer exists in the example image information DB, providing information corresponding to the aquatic plant for the selected example image through the output unit.

Aquatic Plants, Ecological Information, Morphological Information, Search, Example Images

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING AQUATIC PLANT ACCORDING TO EXAMPLE IMAGE}

1 shows an overall system involved in the retrieval of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a search method of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention.

Figure 3a and 3b is a view showing the ecological information input form and the input ecological information DB of aquatic plants applied to the present invention.

Figures 4a and 4b is a view showing a specific example of the form information input form and the input form information DB of aquatic plants applied to the present invention.

5a and 5b is a view showing a paper and literature input form of the aquatic plants to be applied to the present invention and the input paper and the literature DB.

Figure 6 is a view showing a representative image that can select an example image of each species of aquatic plants according to the present invention.

7 (a) to (d) and (e) to (h) of Figure 8 is an example image corresponding to the flower shape, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf shape and leaf margin of each aquatic plant Drawing.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings *

100: information server computer 110: interface

120: input unit 130: output unit

140: storage unit 141: ecological information DB

142: Form information DB 143: Thesis and literature information DB

144: example image information DB 150: control unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for searching for aquatic plants through example images, and more specifically, to search for aquatic plants inhabiting aquatic plants with ecological, morphological and example images, and then searching for them. By providing an example image of the shape of aquatic plants to a given user, it provides information on the overall ecology, shape, and image of aquatic plants, even if the user knows only a specific shape such as the flower or leaf of the aquatic plant. The present invention relates to aquatic plant retrieval system and method through an example image.

In general, aquatic plants are normally grown in water, and even when they come out of the water, they are able to grow any part of their life history in the water, producing aquatic materials, nutrient circulation, fish and invertebrates, etc. The research on the oxygen and food sources and habitats of the living organisms, water pollutant removal and water purification functions, and maintaining the biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystem are being actively conducted.

In addition, in recent years, information on aquatic plants needed for the development of biotope in urban spaces, restoration of wetlands and natural streams, and the creation of ecological pathways along with economic development are needed. In addition, the need for the public to be searchable, so that it can be used as a basic information for research on aquatic plants and various information on each species of aquatic plants.

However, when most users interested in aquatic plants search for aquatic plants through specific sites, most users know the name of a particular aquatic plant, such as forsythia, buttercup, and lotus. Searching by inputting, but if you do not know the exact name of the aquatic plant has a problem that can not easily search for a variety of information, characteristics and characteristics related to the aquatic plant.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of which is to produce aquatic plants inhabiting aquatic plants, such as ecological, morphological and example images, aquatic plants to users with a search request By providing an example image of the shape of the tree, the user can search for various information such as the overall ecology, form, and image of the aquatic plant even if the user knows only a specific shape such as a flower or leaf of the aquatic plant. .

The aquatic plant search system through an example image according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the information providing server computer 100 for providing information corresponding to each species of aquatic plants and the network 200 And a user computer (300) for accessing the information providing server computer to obtain information provided from the information providing server computer, wherein the information providing server computer (100) according to the request of the user computer (300). An interface 110 for exchanging information on various species of aquatic plants through the network 200; An input unit 120 for inputting information such as ecology, forms, papers and documents, and example images of various species of aquatic plants; An output unit 130 for inputting various types of information related to aquatic plants through the input unit 120 and an output unit 130 for displaying each type of information; Storage unit 140 and the interface 110 and each unit (120 to 140) for storing information such as the ecology, form, thesis and literature, and example images of each species of aquatic plants input through the input unit 120 Control unit 150 for controlling the function of the aquatic plants to provide the corresponding information to the user computer (300).

Preferably, the storage unit 140 is an ecological information DB (141) that has a database of the ecological information on the habitat environment, such as plant names, habitats, water temperature and hydrogen ion concentration of each species of aquatic plants; A form information DB 142 having a database of form information including scientific names, names, lifespans, and habits of the aquatic plants; Papers and document information DB (143) including various papers and document information related to the aquatic plant as databases; And an example image information DB 144 having a database of example image information regarding at least one of the flower, postcard, leaf, leaf, fruit, inflorescence, leaf, and leaf of the aquatic plant.

On the other hand, aquatic plants search method through an example image according to another aspect of the present invention, aquatic plants through an example image using a system comprising an information providing server computer 100, network 200 and the user computer 300 As a method of searching for, (A) the information providing server computer 100 receives the ecological information, the form information, thesis and literature data, and example image information corresponding to each species of plants through the input unit 120 after Storing database information in the ecology information DB 141 of the storage 140, the form information DB 142, the paper and document information DB 143, and the example image information DB 144 (S410 and S420); (B) If there is a request signal for searching for a specific aquatic plant from the user computer 300 through the network 200, the information providing server computer 100 outputs a representative image screen to select an example image Displaying through 130 (S430); (C) receiving the example image selected from the user computer 300 by the information providing server computer 100 (S440); (D) After the step (C), the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer 300 is stored in the example image information DB 144 previously stored in the storage unit 140 by the information providing server computer 100 Determining whether or not there exists (S450); And (E) when the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer 300 exists in the example image information DB 144 as a result of the determination of the step (D), information corresponding to the aquatic plant for the selected example image. It provides a step (S460) through the output unit 130.

Preferably, in the step (A), the example image of each species of aquatic plants are classified into flower, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf and leaf image through the input unit 120, respectively Example image information is stored in the DB (144).

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the search system and method of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention.

First, a search system of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention will be described.

1 is a view showing the overall system involved in the search of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the aquatic plant search system using the example image according to the present invention includes an information providing server computer 100, a network 200, and a user computer 300.

That is, the information providing server computer 100 collects and studies each species of aquatic plants that live in the water, and ecological information about the environment of the habitat such as the water temperature, hydrogen ion concentration, electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen amount of the habitat of the aquatic plants. And morphological information of nutrients and reproductive organs, ie scientific name, lifespan, habit, etc., and various papers and literatures related to aquatic plants, and aquatic plants. It is a terminal that provides a database (DB) of example image information on the shape of a postcard, a leaf, a leaf, a leaf form, an inflorescence, a leaf, and a leaf.

More specifically, the information providing server computer 100 has an interface 110 for exchanging aquatic plant-related information in response to a request of the user computer 300 through a network 200, ecology of each aquatic plant, Displays an input unit 120 for inputting various types of information such as forms, papers and literatures, and example images, and an input screen for inputting various types of information related to aquatic plants through the input unit 120 and various types of screens. The output unit 130, the storage unit 140 for storing the various information, such as ecology, forms, papers and literature, and example images of each aquatic plant input through the input unit 120, and the interface ( 110) and a controller 150 for controlling the functions of the units 120 to 140 to provide the user computer 300 with various types of aquatic plants.

Here, the storage unit 140 is an ecological information DB (141) that has a database of the ecological information on the habitat environment, such as plant names, habitats, water temperature, hydrogen ion concentration, electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen amount of each species of aquatic plants And morphological information DB (142), which is a database of morphological characteristics of nutritional and reproductive organs, ie, scientific name, life span, and habits, through specimens and biological observations of aquatic plants, and various papers related to aquatic plants. Database of thesis and document information DB (143), which is a database of literature information, and example image information on the shape of aquatic plants, such as flowers, postcards, leaves, leaf bottoms, fruit forms, inflorescences, leaves, and leaves. Example image information DB 144 is included.

In addition, the input unit 120 is a means for inputting information related to various aquatic plants, although not specifically illustrated in the drawings, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, a digital camera, a mobile phone, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). It is a concept including an input means, and is similarly applied to the input unit 320 of the user computer 300 to be described below.

In addition, the network 200 refers to a wireless Internet network such as a TCP / IP protocol that can be wired through a computer and a WAP protocol that can be wirelessly connected.

On the other hand, the user computer 300 is a terminal for retrieving the information of each species of aquatic plants desired by the user using an example image of each species of aquatic plants provided by the information providing server computer 100 through the network 200, Select the interface 310 for exchanging information with the information providing server computer 100 through the network 200, and an example image of each species of aquatic plants provided from the information providing server computer 100 and the various information. An input unit 320 for inputting an input unit, an output unit 330 for displaying various types of information related to aquatic plants provided from the information providing server computer 100, operation information for operating the user computer 300, and The storage unit 340 stores various kinds of software information, and the like, and an interface 310 of the user computer 300 and a controller 350 for controlling the functions of the units 320 to 340.

At this time, the information providing server computer 100 and the user computer 300 is a computer device that can communicate with the Internet browser that can display web content, and includes a personal computer such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc. At least Windows98 or higher operating system, pentium or higher CPU, 64Mb or more memory is preferably included.

In addition, in the present specification, the user computer 300 is described as the above-described computer device, but as long as it is possible to search for various kinds of information related to aquatic plants provided by the information providing server computer 100, PDA, wireless Of course, it can be a mobile phone or an IMT-2000 capable of internet communication.

Hereinafter, a method of searching for aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a search method of aquatic plants through an example image according to the present invention, Figures 3a and 3b is a view showing the ecological information input form and the input ecological information DB of the aquatic plants applied to the present invention, Figure 4a and 4b is a view showing a specific example of the form information input form and the input form information DB of the aquatic plant to be applied to the present invention, Figures 5a and 5b is a paper and literature input form of the aquatic plant to be applied to the present invention And it is a figure which shows the inputted article and document data DB.

In addition, Figure 6 is a view showing a representative image that can select an example image of each species of aquatic plants according to the present invention, Figure 7 (a) to (d) and Figure 8 (e) to (h) of each It is a figure which shows the example image corresponding to the flower shape of a species of aquatic plant, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf shape, and leaf margin.

First, the information provider of the information providing server computer 100 collects and studies aquatic plants inhabiting the nation's water, and ecological information displayed through the output unit 130, as shown in Figures 3a, 4a and 5a. In the input form, the form information input form and the document data input form, after inputting the relevant research results through the input unit 120, the ecological information DB 141, the form information DB 142 of the storage unit 140, and The article and document information is stored in a database in the DB (143) (S410).

For example, FIGS. 3B, 4B, and 5B illustrate examples of the ecological information DB, the form information DB, the papers, and the document data DB, which are input through the step S410 and are databased.

At the same time, according to the results of the study in step S410, each species of the aquatic plant, that is, as shown in (a) to (d) of Figure 7 and (e) to (h) of Figure 8, each species After sorting each shape of the aquatic plant flower, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit shape, inflorescence, leaf shape and leaf margin through the input unit 120, the example image information DB (144) of the storage unit 140 Database is stored in (S420).

Thereafter, when a user of the user computer 300 accesses the information providing server computer 100 through the network 200 to search for a specific aquatic plant, as shown in FIG. 6, a representative image from which an example image can be selected. The screen is displayed through the output unit 130 (S430).

Next, the user of the user computer 300 is at least one example of an example image to be searched on the representative image screen of FIG. 6, that is, flower shape, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf shape, and leaf smoke Select an image (S440).

In this case, the user of the user computer 300 may search for a particular aquatic plant by selecting at least one or more example images of example images, flower shapes, postcards, leaves, leaf bottoms, fruit forms, inflorescences, leaf shapes, and leaf margins. In order to search for specific aquatic plants, it is desirable to select a number of example images that are known about a particular aquatic plant.

Next, the information providing server computer 100 receives the example image selected by the user computer 300, the aquatic plants corresponding to the example image selected by the user computer 300 in the pre-stored example image information DB 144. It is determined whether there exists or not (S450).

As a result of the determination, if the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected by the user computer 300 does not exist, the process returns to step S440 in which the example image to be searched can be selected, and if the aquatic plant exists, the selected example image Provides overall information such as ecology, morphology information of aquatic plants (S460).

That is, the steps S430 to S460 will be described by way of example.

For example, when a user of the user computer 300 wants to search for a specific aquatic plant, as shown in FIG. 6, the leaf may be displayed through a representative image screen for selecting an example image displayed through the information providing server computer 100. If the 'shape' is selected, an example image corresponding to the 'leaf' as shown in (g) of FIG. 8 is displayed.

Thereafter, when the user of the user computer 300 selects an image corresponding to the leaf shape of (g5) from (g) of FIG. 8 and selects the 'search' button of FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 4B, the user The aquatic plant corresponding to the leaf shape of the selected (g5), that is, the shape information including the scientific name, country name, region name and the overall image of the 'big phlegm' is displayed.

Here, an example of obtaining the shape information incorporating the shape information DB is described with reference to FIG. 4B. After searching for a specific aquatic plant through the shape information, the input as shown in FIGS. 3A and 5A is described. After inputting the name of the aquatic plant, etc. on the screen, it is possible to search the ecological information, thesis and literature data as shown in Figs. 3b and 5b.

Finally, the user of the user computer 300 obtains the general information of each species of aquatic plants provided through the information providing server computer 100, and then utilized in various application fields such as research data, life and genetics ( S470).

Therefore, when the user does not know the name of the aquatic plant, the user can easily check the information such as the ecology, the form and the overall image of the aquatic plant even with a specific shape of the aquatic plant.

Although the present invention has been described above according to an embodiment of the present invention, a person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs has changed and modified within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Of course.

That is, in one embodiment of the present invention described aquatic plants that can be searched through the example image as an example, insects, plants and animals can also be searched in a similar manner as described above.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, after ecological information, shape information, and example images, that is, a flower shape, a postcard, a leaf, a leaf bottom, a fruit shape, an inflorescence, a leaf shape, a leaf area, etc. are stored as a database in advance and retrieved from a user. Although it is described as providing information on each species of aquatic plants through an example image selected for the above description, it is possible to provide information on each species of aquatic plants through the name of aquatic plants, that is, keywords using the database information. Of course.

As described above, according to the aquatic plant retrieval system and method according to the present invention, after aquatic plants are databased with ecological, morphological and example images, an image of the shape of aquatic plants is presented to a user who has a search request. By providing an example, the user can easily search for information on each species of aquatic plants to be searched without knowing the name of the aquatic plants to be searched and knowing only certain shapes such as flowers or leaves.

In addition, by classifying aquatic plants into ecological, morphological and example images, they can be used as basic data for aquatic plant-related research as well as educational materials for elementary and middle school students.

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An information providing server computer 100 for providing information corresponding to each species of aquatic plants, and a user computer 300 for accessing the information providing server computer through a network 200 to obtain information provided from the information providing server computer. ), The information providing server computer 100, An interface 110 for exchanging aquatic plant-related information through a network 200 according to a request of the user computer 300; An input unit 120 for inputting information such as ecology, forms, papers and documents, and example images of various species of aquatic plants; An output unit 130 for inputting various types of information related to aquatic plants through the input unit 120 and an output unit 130 for displaying each type of information; A storage unit 140 for storing information such as ecology, forms, papers and documents, and example images of each species of aquatic plants input through the input unit 120; And And a controller 150 for controlling the functions of the interface 110 and the units 120 to 140 to provide the corresponding information of the aquatic plants to the user computer 300. The storage unit 140, Ecological information DB (141) including a database of ecological information on habitat environments such as plant names, habitats, water temperature and hydrogen ion concentration of various aquatic plants; A form information DB 142 having a database of form information including scientific names, names, lifespans, and habits of the aquatic plants; Papers and document information DB (143) including various papers and document information related to the aquatic plant as databases; And And a sample image information DB (144) which has a database of sample image information on at least one of the shape of the aquatic plant flower, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf shape and leaf margin Aquatic Plant Retrieval System with Sample Images. delete A method of searching for aquatic plants through an example image using a system including an information providing server computer 100, a network 200, and a user computer 300, (A) The information providing server computer 100 receives the ecological information, the form information, the thesis and the document data, and the example image information corresponding to the various aquatic plants through the input unit 120, the storage unit 140 Database and storing the information in the ecological information DB 141, the form information DB 142, the paper and document information DB 143, and the example image information DB 144 (S410 and S420); (B) If there is a request signal for searching for a specific aquatic plant from the user computer 300 through the network 200, the information providing server computer 100 outputs a representative image screen to select an example image Displaying through 130 (S430); (C) receiving the example image selected from the user computer 300 by the information providing server computer 100 (S440); (D) After the step (C), the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer 300 is stored in the example image information DB 144 previously stored in the storage unit 140 by the information providing server computer 100 Determining whether or not there exists (S450); And (E) If the aquatic plant corresponding to the example image selected from the user computer 300 exists in the example image information DB 144 as a result of the determination of the step (D), information corresponding to the aquatic plant for the selected example image is displayed. Including the step (S460) provided through the output unit 130, In the step (A), The example images of each species of aquatic plants are classified into flower, postcard, leaf, leaf bottom, fruit form, inflorescence, leaf, and leaf images through the input unit 120 and stored in the example image information DB 144, respectively. How to search for aquatic plants through the sample image. delete

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